Howard Vanderslice was a Kansas City, Missouri

Kansas City, Missouri

Kansas City, Missouri is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and is the anchor city of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, the second largest metropolitan area in Missouri. It encompasses in parts of Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte counties...

 businessman who donated the land that forms the campus of today's Kansas City Art Institute

Kansas City Art Institute

The Kansas City Art Institute is a private, independent, four-year college of fine arts and design founded in 1885 in Kansas City, Missouri....

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Vanderslice was born in Great Crossing, Kentucky in Scott County, Kentucky

Scott County, Kentucky

Scott County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. The population was 47,173 in the 2010 Census. Its county seat is Georgetown.Scott County is part of the Lexington–Fayette Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...

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Vanderslice is portrayed as the baby being carried in the Pioneer Mother statue by Alexander Phimister Proctor

Alexander Phimister Proctor

Alexander Phimister Proctor was an American sculptor with the contemporary reputation as one of the nation's foremost animaliers.-Birth and early years:...

 in Penn Valley Park

Penn Valley Park

Penn Valley Park is an urban park overlooking Downtown Kansas City Kansas City, Missouri.The park was developed in 1904 on land through which the Santa Fe Trail had passed. It contains two famous landmarks: The Scout and the United States' official World War I museum with its Liberty Memorial...

 (which portrays his grandfather Daniel Vanderslice agent to the tribes and Vanderslice's father Thomas J. Vanderslice and mother). Vanderslice gave the statue to the city in 1927.

However other biographies say that he came to Kansas City in 1890.

He was head of the Vanderslice-Lynds Mercantile Company, president of the City Ice Company and treasurer of the Lucky Tiger Combination Gold Mining Company.

In 1927 Vanderslice purchased the August R. Meyer residence and 8 acres (32,374.9 m²) at 44th and Warwick Boulevard adjacent to the about to be built Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art is an art museum in Kansas City, Missouri, known for its neoclassical architecture and extensive collection of Asian art....

. He donated the land to the Kansas City Art Institute

Kansas City Art Institute

The Kansas City Art Institute is a private, independent, four-year college of fine arts and design founded in 1885 in Kansas City, Missouri....

and it makes up the school's main campus. The residence was later renamed "Vanderslice Hall"